MULTICULTURAL POINTS OF INTEREST

American Baptist College was founded by the Southern
Baptist
Convention in 1924 for the development of African-American pastors. 1800
Baptist World Center Dr. 615-256-1463. www.abcnash.edu

Art Galleries in Music City include Fisk University’s
Carl Van
Vechten Gallery and the Aaron Douglas Gallery, as well as In The
Gallery, featuring art and paintings by African Americans. 615-726-4894,
615- 255-0705, fisk.edu; In the Gallery, 624-A Jefferson Street.
615-255-0705, inthegallery-nashville.com

Baptist World Center is headquarters for the National
Baptist
Convention of the United States of America. 1700 World Baptist Center
Dr. 615-228-6292. nationalbaptist.com

R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp. is one of the
oldest minority-owned
publishing companies in the country, celebrating 110 years. 6717
Centennial Blvd. 615-350-8000. rhboydpublishing.com

Citizens Bank is one of the oldest minority-owned
banks in the United States. 2013 Jefferson St. 615-327-9787

Fisk Jubilee Singers were the first world-touring
musical group
and the first representatives of Nashville as Music City. They were
among the inaugural inductees in the Music City Walk of Fame in 2006.
fiskjubileesingers.org

Fisk Jubilee Relations Institute was
organized in 1942 to analyze the reasons for division among races,
ethnicity and religion. (615) 329-8575

Grand Ole Opry has been on the air for more than 85
years.
Charley Pride got his start in Nashville on the stage of the Opry.
DeFord Bailey, the “Harmonica Wizard,” is a member of the Country Music
Hall of Fame. 2802 Opryland Dr. 615-889-6600, opry.com

Greenwood Cemetery was established in 1888 by Preston
Taylor, one
of the founders of Citizens Bank. Outstanding Nashvillians buried in
the cemetery are three of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers, DeFord
Bailey (the first black Grand Ole Opry performer), civil rights leader
Kelly Miller Smith, famed evangelist Marshall Keeble and
others.

House of God Church - Keith Dominion, one of the
United States’
oldest conventions, is held yearly in June in Nashville. The House of
God Church owns more land in Nashville than any other African-American
church. 2717 W. Heiman St. 615-329-1625

Meharry Medical College at one time was responsible
for
graduating more than 50 percent of African-American health care
professionals in the U.S. 1005 D.B.Todd Jr. Blvd. 615-327-6111.
www.mmc.edu

Nashville Public Library offers a permanent
exhibit in the Civil
Rights Room, which captures the drama of the 1960s when non-violent
demonstrations in Nashville sparked the Civil Rights Movement. 615
Church Street, 615-862- 5800, www.library.nashville.org

National Baptist Publishing Board was established in
1896 and is
one of the oldest minority-owned publishing companies in the United
States. 6717 Centennial Blvd. 615-256-2480

Ted Rhodes Golf Course was named for the
first African-American Nashville native to ever play in a PGA event.
1901 Ed Temple Blvd. 615-862-8463

Tennessee State University, founded in 1912, has
produced more
Olympic gold medalists than any other university in the United States.
This historically African-American school is the alma mater of Olympic
champion Wilma Rudolph and Oprah Winfrey. 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
615-963-5000. tnstate.edu